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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Either/Or : Chapter 13, Ultimatum and.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the author accustomed to writing on this particular object?
(a) Because he is blind.
(b) Because he lives in ancient Egypt.
(c) Because he lives in modern India.
(d) Because he is a public official.

2. Between what two types of doubt does the author say it is important to distinguish?
(a) Personal and scientific doubt.
(b) Temporal and eternal doubt.
(c) No doubt and full doubt.
(d) Religious and erotic doubt.

3. What is the author of the letter accustomed to writing on?
(a) Full sheets.
(b) Tablets of stone.
(c) Papyrus.
(d) Parchment.

4. What does the author assert is more important than cultivating one's mind?
(a) Developing one's personality.
(b) Traveling widely.
(c) Cultivating one's garden.
(d) Gathering wealth.

5. What is the second subject Kierkegaard examines?
(a) Messages from distant cousins.
(b) Messages in bottles.
(c) Messages from God.
(d) Messages from yourself.

Short Answer Questions

1. From who does the author say the secrecy system generally comes?

2. What is the middle course that the "marriage of convenience" takes according to the author?

3. What one word does the author say can describe love?

4. What does the author say is like a bitter medicine?

5. What does the author say cannot survive in the young man's thought?

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